Random Pairing Generator

A random pairing generator is a webpage that uses a script to supply two random characters (drawn from a list the webpage creator supplies), and sometimes a random prompt, each time it's reloaded. Because the script is so simple and easy to modify, the idea spread to many fandoms. A great producer of crack pairings.

Most random generators are variations on an html-based script which was originally coded by a fan named Glowstick Chick. Fans who adapt the random generator for their own purposes generally leave Glowstick Chick's self-attribution on the page, in order to credit the coder for her work.

One of the earliest examples of the Random Generator was found at the Library of Moria.